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aking1012

7:04 PM

before i moved i had a laptop pata to desktop pata adaptor...very useful and costs under 10 USD

penreturn

wow! nice!

so need some tweaking to get the hd out of the box \o/... i think the answer is there already...

Roland Taylor

@Shagun askubuntu.com/a/185503/1992

sorry for the delays

Wait, that is an old version

Let me update the pdf, then you can use the same link

P.S. finding back this presentation has me stoked!!!!!

SirCharlo

needs close votes

2

Q: When will the Humble Indie Bundle 6 games be supported on Ubuntu 12.10?

Currently, I can see them in the software center, but they say its not supported for my version of Ubuntu. Now, I know 12.10 is just in Beta, but I see no reason why they would not be supported. Is there one? Is the default setting for such packages to say they are not supported? What is the di...

aking1012

already voted that one

Roland Taylor

K link corrected @Shagun

penreturn

7:13 PM

http://askubuntu.com/questions/184992/running-unity-2d-in-xubuntu-12-04

is it okey just install ubuntu desktop?

SirCharlo

shame on @RolandTaylor for answering an OT question :P

Roland Taylor

@SirCharlo :)

Nate

Uh, hey everybody, new poster, just stopped in to say hi

SirCharlo

hi @Nate

jrg

Eternally closed huh @SirCharlo? You have a sense of humor.

Roland Taylor

7:14 PM

I don't think that all Ubuntu +1 questions are off topic, and in fact, no offence, but I think that position on the these questions is silly.

If the question merits an answer and an answer is possible, answer it.

@Nate hey

Nate

howdy

been bored lately so thought I would rack up some stack exchange #'s

penreturn

reboot

SirCharlo

@jrg and... eternally closed it is! woo

Nate

is there a way for you to see who upvoted you on an answer or comment/

SirCharlo

drinks coffee frantically

jrg

7:20 PM

@Nate nope.

votes are private for a reason - to prevent people from getting all worked up over them.

Nate

it was more of a "you like me, you really like me"

jrg

@aking1012 i'm going to go have two backtrack installs fight it out.

aking1012

have fun with that one.

jrg

i'm a little bored today. ;P

aking1012

(removed)

Takkat

7:29 PM

Anyone in need of 200 rep? askubuntu.com/questions/187086/…

penreturn

ahahahha

Takkat

The question is still fresh and untouched.

penreturn

i wish i could answer that T..T

Takkat

<-- wishes that too

penreturn

hahhahaha

SirCharlo

7:35 PM

<-- doesn't really think the effort is worth it

Takkat

<-- thinks different as that would be AirPlay for Ubuntu

Joshua

@Takkat isn't "think different" Apple's motto?

Takkat

lol

likes the idea of having all Apple features implemented with Ubuntu - this may even include a difference in thinking.

NlightNFotis

7:52 PM

Ahoy!

Takkat

Hoy a o/

NlightNFotis

Can I ask you something @Takkat?

What are community wiki answers and questions?

I have failed to find an answer somewhere.

Takkat

They are made so by the poster or they became CW after too many edits

NlightNFotis

What exactly is their purpose, and how do they differ from regular answers and questions?

SirCharlo

@NlightNFotis prevents users from raking in rep for other users' edits

penreturn

7:55 PM

\o/

Takkat

@NlightNFotis it comes from times when low rep user couldn't make edits unless if it was a CW

(I think)

maybe wrong..

NlightNFotis

Does the original user who posted said answer or question still gain reputation from them, or their score serves only to display an answer's credibility?

Takkat

No - no rep on CW (but still badges!)

SirCharlo

> What are Community Wiki posts? Community wiki posts are more easily editable by all users, and do not confer any reputation.

NlightNFotis

@SirCharlo Where did you find this? Do you have a link I can research into?

SirCharlo

7:58 PM

> When should I edit Community Wiki posts? Community wiki posts have been donated to the community in hopes that others will edit them to keep them up to date, to add useful information, and generally improve their quality.

Takkat

Its good practise to make an answer CW when we just copy comments to get the Q off the unanswered list.

SirCharlo

> What happens when I edit a Community Wiki post? All edits are stored in a revision history for the post, along with the author of the revision. Additionally, community wiki posts show the editor with the highest percentage of the remaining post in the current version in the author field.

> How do I edit a Community Wiki post? To edit a Community Wiki post, look at the bottom of the post for the edit menu. Also, once you're done editing, provide a brief one sentence summary of your changes in the edit summary field.

@NlightNFotis Here you go.

NlightNFotis

@SirCharlo Thanx bro.

SirCharlo

Also, this.

Jorge Castro

basically CW means they belong to all of us and we should maintain them as a community.

in the old days SE didn't have edit submissions, so the only way to collaboratively work on an answer was to make something CW

unless you had the 3k points to edit

with CW it let people work together on an answer, but now it's not so important since pretty much every answer can be fixed by anyone

NlightNFotis

8:03 PM

@JorgeCastro I see. Thanx for the info, mate.

Joshua

wtf... a teacher just threw a bunch of glitter on me...

penreturn

as i remember i did tick community wiki as sugest by @ObsessiveFOSS ... how to check if it community wiki post or not?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/6328/how-do-i-install-ubuntu

Jorge Castro

the last answer there is CW

see where the user's card would be, with like their picture and stuff

instead it shows the person with the most edits, and their username

and above it it says Community Wiki

penreturn

ohhh okey i see that :
edited Jul 9 at 23:43

community wiki

3 revs, 2 users 89%
penreturn

@JorgeCastro thanks sir!

NlightNFotis

@penreturn fantastic answer there mate!

Jorge Castro

8:08 PM

right

that means you've written 89% of that

NlightNFotis

I would upvote it instantly, but I have used my daily limit of upvotes

Jorge Castro

to be honest though, you should get reputation for your work, so I would have not CWed it

penreturn

ooo i did not know that

Jorge Castro

after a while when enough edits come along (10) it auto CWs it for you anyway

SirCharlo

@JorgeCastro i never saw that happen to me

@JorgeCastro do the edits have to be from different users?

Jorge Castro

8:09 PM

I think so

I don't remember

SirCharlo

@JorgeCastro k that would make sense.

Jorge Castro

I think if you do back to back edits it doesn't count maybe?

jrg

i think its ten edits within 30 days by the original user

SirCharlo

cuz i usually edit the heck out of my posts..

Jorge Castro

198

A: What are "Community Wiki" posts?

Why have Community Wiki posts? One of the goals of the website is to be a continually evolving source of good information. Community Wiki posts help enhance the wiki aspect of the site. For more information about the proper use of Community Wiki, see The Future of Community Wiki. How do Com...

aha!

10 times by you

or by 5 different people

NlightNFotis

8:10 PM

@SirCharlo That's good. Caring about the quality of your answers, that is.

SirCharlo

> The post has been edited ten (10) times by the original owner.

I'll be damned

i must've passed close to having a few cws then

jrg

wrong room. ;P

Jorge Castro

though now, since anyone can submit edits into the queue, really, every question and answer on the entire site is a wiki.

jrg

yeah, but without a lot of the downsides

SirCharlo

@jrg like vandalism!

Jorge Castro

8:12 PM

I suspect that someday CW will end up just going away

penreturn

ooooo okey

Jorge Castro

submitted edits are so awesome, we used to not have that.

SirCharlo

well, im off

bye guys

NlightNFotis

@JorgeCastro can I ask you something irrelevant?

Jorge Castro

lol, sure

NlightNFotis

8:14 PM

@SirCharlo ciao

@JorgeCastro How is it like working for Canonical?

Jorge Castro

fun!

NlightNFotis

@JorgeCastro WOW! I am getting excited.

SirCharlo

^-- can't answer anything else

penreturn

oyeah?

@SirCharlo hahhaaha

SirCharlo

:P

NlightNFotis

8:15 PM

@JorgeCastro Could you tell me more?

Jorge Castro

on my own

we use alot of google hangouts, irc, mailing lists.

NlightNFotis

@JorgeCastro That's cool!

penreturn

oh! nice!

read about the indian boy... T..T

NlightNFotis

@JorgeCastro Are you instructed to use AskUbuntu by Canonical, or you do so in your own time?

Jorge Castro

on my own

jrg

8:16 PM

@penreturn who, Bilal?

Jorge Castro

I generally participate in most community things, I'm on the community team so that's how I roll

jrg

Jorge eats his own dogfood.

penreturn

@jrg yup

jrg

Then there is Jono. Nobody knows what he does. Idles in IRC all day, looking like a hot dog:

penreturn

@jrg hahhahahaha

last uds party rite?

jrg

8:19 PM

yup

NlightNFotis

@JorgeCastro I see. Thanx for answering my questions man =)

Jorge Castro

no worries!

@jrg this is the best one:

7

penreturn

@JorgeCastro hahhaha nice one!

jrg

Oh yeah, that one!

NlightNFotis

Nice one

Where can I get an Ubuntu Lanyard!

penreturn

8:23 PM

attend uds :D

NlightNFotis

uds?

penreturn

@NlightNFotis uds.ubuntu.com

NlightNFotis

oh man

It's epic but I can't attend it.

penreturn

loco meetup or global jam... should have Free CD + landyard, sticker

Joshua

The football coach just threatened to stuff me in a pumpkin... wha tthe heck is going on around here

if UDS is ever in Chicago I am so going...

Jorge Castro

8:29 PM

@GeorgeEdison ping me when you're around sir!

jrg

@Joshua fix his printer!

Takkat

Twitch en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch_(device) ???

Joshua

His printer works fine...

NlightNFotis

bye guys

I am going to sleep

Joshua

Good night...

penreturn

8:31 PM

see ya

Takkat

good night @NlightNFotis

Roland Taylor

Manos, cabeza pies!!!

(Sesame Street...)

Takkat

Plaza Sésamo

ajmitch

8:49 PM

morning

Takkat

Hi @ajmitch

Roland Taylor

Hi

Takkat

9:04 PM

<-- too tired to think

Trufa

Hi guys! Long time no see, I'm having a little trouble with audio on a linux mint I just installed.
I connected to HDMI and I had to change the preferences from the hardware to HDMI output. But now that I'm back without HDMI it doesn't work, the strange part is that is makes the login sound, but it wont reproduce anything.

Something strange that I found when poking around is that in the sound output tab the device says: Dummy output

The Interrupter

9:27 PM

Unity Dash to search only in Documents http://askubuntu.com/q/191082?atw=1 #dash

Tweeted by AskUbuntu on September 20, 2012 at 9:01 PM

aking1012

10:55 PM

which optimus question is the canonical one to dupe this to? askubuntu.com/questions/191134/wasted-graphics-card

found one with 52k views...i guess that's it

rlemon

11:27 PM

Ok so Lememe.com and Leme.me are already taken. i think it is time to give up lememe as a name for the "official" generator when I purchase a domain (which I am antsing to do atm) ... any suggestions on a new name that is not taken? rlemon.github.com/lememe context on LeMeme